[PLing] Heiner Eichner 1942-2024

[Maire aine Ni charra]

That is, indeed, very sad news. I remember him well at the university 
and the discussions we used to have.

May he rest in peace,

Máire Ní Charra



Am 09.03.2024 14:52, schrieb Melanie Malzahn:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I have the sad duty to inform you that our emeritus Heiner Eichner
> passed away on March 7th as a result of pneumonia.
> 
> From 1989 until his retirement in 2010, he was Professor of General
> and Indo-European Lingusitics at the University of Vienna and
> Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
> 
> As a member of the Erlangen School, Heiner Eichner was one of the most
> influential Indo-Europeanists of the late twentieth century and helped
> to pioneer today's Handbook Knowledge.
> 
> His meticulous methods of reconstruction and his encyclopedic
> knowledge of linguistic facts were hardly equaled. His love for
> learning modern languages brought less studies ones into the focus of
> attention, including modern Iranian, which he also promoted as
> director of the Iranian Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
> 
> He will be remembered as an enthusiastic teacher and a scholar deeply
> committed to his field.
> 
> Melanie Malzahn